NPSpecies

A fairly common permanent resident of wooded habitats throughout the region. It is most common in well-developed riparian habitats, but many records are from pinyon-juniper woodland. It also nests in interior chaparral and oak woodlands at the edge of ponderosa pine forests (Brown et al. 1987). Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.

(Megascops kennicottii) * Western Screech-Owl is a fairly common permanent resident of wooded habitats throughout the region. It is most common in well-developed riparian habitats, but many records are from pinyon-juniper woodland. It also nests in interior chaparral and oak woodlands at the edge of ponderosa pine forests (Brown et al. 1987). Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition. At one point it was thought that Grand Canyon had it's own species of screech-owl (Otus asio mychophilus) which has been invalidated and is now known as a western screech-owl (Oberholser, 1937).